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  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Scribes and Scholarship
    1. People of the book
    2. How to start a Jewish Newspaper
    3. The European Genizah
    4. The Crown of Aleppo
  7. Holiness And Heresy
    1. Where seldom is heard a mystical word
    2. A dubious blessing
    3. Hiwi the heretic
  8. Encounters And Enlightenings
    1. Rabbi in the abbey
    2. Thou shall not kill
    3. On the other hand
  9. Babies, Brides, And Burials
    1. Birth rites
    2. May the best man win
    3. Beauty versus virtue: An age-old argument
    4. Who was Rembrandt’s Jewish bride?
    5. Beneath the stars
    6. All cows go to Heaven
  10. Congregation And Community
    1. Trimming the guest list
    2. Service interruption
    3. Buddy can you spare a dime?
  11. Policy And Piety
    1. Taking leave of our census
    2. The wagers of sin
    3. Affairs of state
    4. Prophets, protests, and pepper spray
    5. The Vice-President of Grenada
    6. Majority rules
    7. Baldness, bears, and bottled water
  12. Economics And Ethics
    1. Minimizing your assets
    2. Not all that glisters
    3. You can bank on it
    4. Ransom note
    5. The price is right
  13. Buildings And Blessings
    1. Rabbi, watch out for that beam
    2. Beam me up
    3. The walls have ears
    4. Preparing for a prophet
  14. Life And Leisure
    1. Healthy advice from the top authorities
    2. Tennis, anyone?
    3. Keeping the ball in play
    4. Pushing Torah
  15. Creatures And Curiosities
    1. The siren’s song
    2. The power of the human voice
    3. The love apple
    4. Horse sense
    5. The right vampire
    6. Going to the ants
  16. Glossary
  17. Index

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© 2005 Eliezer Segal

Published by the University of Calgary Press
2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
www.uofcpress.com

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Segal, Eliezer

Ask now of the days that are past / Eliezer Segal.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 1-55238-131-5

1. Judaism. I. Title.

BM45.S446 2004296C2004-906750-8

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written consent of the publisher or a licence from The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). For an Access Copyright licence, visit www.accesscopyright.ca or call toll free to 1-800-893-5777. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP), the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and the Alberta Lottery Fund—Community Initiatives Program for our publishing activities.

Printed and bound in Canada by AGMV Marquis

The infinity symbol placed inside a circle. This book is printed on 55lb. Eco book, Ancient forest friendly paper
Cover design, page design and typesetting by Mieka West

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